Seattle Times publisher and CEO Frank Blethen is photographed in The Seattle Times photo studio, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, in Seattle. Blethen has announced he will step down at the end of next year after four decades leading the newspaper his family has owned since 1896. Blethen, 79, confirmed his plans Monday, May 13, 2024, in a Seattle Times interview. (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times via AP)
May 15, 2024
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Seattle Times publisher Frank Blethen to step down after 4 decades in charge of family-owned paper
Blethen, the newspaper's seventh publisher, led The Times as it won nine Pulitzer Prizes, including one awarded in 2020 for the paper’s coverage of mistakes by Boeing leading to two 737 MAX crashes